ACEDAWG: ANTHONY "AJ" BOYD, ALSO KNOWN AS "ACE" OR "ACEDAWG", WALKED AROUND EAST OAKLAND, CA STREETS MAKING BEATS WITH HIS MOUTH AND HANDS ON TABLES IMITATING BIZ MARKIE, DOUGIE FRESH, AND THE FAT BOYS. IT WASN'T UNTIL MICHAEL JACKSON'S "THRILLER" ALBUM THAT AJ REALIZED HE HAD AN EAR FOR MUSIC AND HE WAS MULTI-TALENTED. IN ADDITION TO BEING AN ENTREPRENEUR, ANTHONY SET HIS GOAL TO PUT OUT HIS OWN MUSIC AND LYRICS AT THE AGE OF TEN. INFLUENCED BY MICHAEL JACKSON, MARVIN GAYE, KEITH SWEAT, AL B. SURE, BABYFACE(THE DEAL), GUY, AND OTHERS SEEM TO GIVE HIM THE GUIDANCE HE NEEDED. THEN IN 1991, AJ MOVED TO VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, A MOVE THAT WOULD CHANGE HIS LIFE FOREVER.